Descendants Lavarne » Albertus Geert Hendrik Beuse (1909-)

Birthday July 3, 1909

• The temperature on July 3, 1909 was between 5.8 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  • February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
  • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
  • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
  • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » George Sanders, Russian-born British actor († 1972)
• 1908 » M. F. K. Fisher, American author († 1992)
• 1908 » Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey († 1990)
• 1909 » Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (d.1996)
• 1910 » Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer († 1954)
• 1911 » Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricketer († 1990)